RECIPES & PRODUCT IDEAS
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Blueberry Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze
Ingredients
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups fresh Olivia's Garden blueberries
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Hurst Farm maple syrup
1 to 2 teaspoons milk
Preparation
1. Heat oven to 325°F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening. In small bowl, mix 3 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over shortening to coat pan.
2. In large bowl, beat 1 cup sugar and the butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, scraping bowl occasionally. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sour cream.
3. On low speed, beat in 2 cups flour, the baking powder, baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt. Coat blueberries with 2 tablespoons flour. With spoon, gently stir blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into pan.
4. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool upright in pan on cooling rack 25 minutes. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan.
Cool cake completely, about 1 hour.
5. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, maple syrup and enough milk until smooth and desired drizzling consistency; drizzle over cooled cake.
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Strawberry Face Mask (apply to face - do not eat)
For a great refreshing face mask that is both astringent and packed with Vitamin C:
Mix one teaspoon Country Family Soaps Fresh Face Grains with two tablespoons fresh, mashed strawberries.
Apply to face, and leave on for five to ten minutes. Rinse with warm water. Discard any unused mask.
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